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categories: Action Alerts, Antiwar, Arab World, Blog, Civil Rights, Immigrant Rights, International News

Supreme Court Decision on the Muslim Ban

Posted July 5, 2018 / AROC

On Tuesday, June 26, the Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold the Muslim Ban. This third version of the Ban has been in full effect since December 2017 and is now indefinitely codified into law. The Supreme Court upheld

categories: Antiwar, Blog, Campaigns, Repression, Stop Urban Shield Coalition

We Put an End to Urban Shield!

Posted May 22, 2018 / AROC

A victory against Israel and US militarism! For the last six years, AROC, has been a part of the Stop Urban Shield coalition, working to put an end to the largest militarized SWAT training program in the world. Each year

categories: Antiwar, AYO, Blog, Palestine, Repression, Youth, Zionism

Arab Community Wins in the Face of Racist Attacks!

Posted May 22, 2018 / AROC

Arab Community Wins in the Face of Zionist Attacks! May 23, 2018 In a time of increased attacks on Arab and Muslim communities, the San Francisco Bay Area wins major victories against racism. And after three years of organizing, AROC,

categories: Antiwar, Arab World, AROC in the News, Blog, Community Events, Immigrant Rights, Palestine, Zionism

Alameda County Board of Supervisors Proclaims May 15th, 2018 Palestinian Cultural Day

Posted May 22, 2018 / AROC

May 22nd, 2018 Today, the Alameda County Offices Board of Supervisors recognized May 15, 2018, the 70th year of the Nakba, as Palestine Cultural Day. The people of Palestine–from Gaza, Haifa to Jerusalem– face daily violations of their human rights,

categories: AROC in the News, Blog, Civil Rights, Community Events, Immigrant Rights

Victory for our community! Ali is free from ICE!

Posted March 16, 2018 / AROC

Victory for our community! Ali is out of ICE detention! Our community succeeded on March 13th, 2018 in freeing Ali, a young Yemeni man, from ICE! Ali has been detained for nine months. We packed the courtroom not just once,

categories: Arabic Language Pathways, Immigrant Rights, Language Access

Got language skills in Arabic or Vietnamese?

Got language skills in Arabic or Vietnamese? Teachers 4 Social Justice, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Au Co & Vietnamese Youth Development Center are working together to build a pool of multilingual educators who speak either Arabic or Vietnamese fluently

categories: Media Advisory & Press releases, Political Education, Prison Industrial Complex, Repression, Staff

New Report: Developing Alternatives to Policing in the Arab & Muslim Community

Developing Alternatives to Policing in the Arab & Muslim Community As an organization committed to building, defending and serving our community, we know that law enforcement targets and criminalizes our people and we cannot rely on them for our safety

categories: Campaign News, Civil Rights, Immigrant Rights

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Vote to Resist Trump’s Racist Attacks

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Vote to Resist Trump’s Racist Attacks Yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to pass the San Francisco Anti-Registry (“Non-Cooperation with Identity Based Registry”) law, the first ordinance of its kind in the country.

categories: Antiwar, AROC in the News, BDS, Block the Boat, Campaigns, Mobilizations, Palestine, video, Youth, Zionism

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